Bernardo"I got a call from the witch."It took a moment for what he said to sink him because I kind of forgot who the witch was until it clicked."She must be in love with you."I joked and heard him curse at me. I pushed my room door open and looked around for my mate. She wasn't in the room."Can you give me a moment?"I asked Hillan."Sure,"He said, I put the call on hold and walked around the room but there was no sign of Harlyn."Where did she go?"I expected to see her in here getting ready for our date. I didn't want to panic for no reason. I connected our mind-link and thankfully, she was there."Baby? Where are you?"I could feel her smiling."Somewhere in the palace, getting ready for our date, why do you ask?"I smiled."Nothing, I came around and you weren't here,""Yeah, I had to do a little makeup, and Princess Leah offered to help."She explained."Cool, I have to go, I put Hillan on hold."I said and was about to end our mind link when she spoke again."How is he? Ha
Harlyn"You look gorgeous, Luna." Leah said to me. I smiled and looked at my reflection in the mirror. She wasn't lying. I look really good. I didn't expect the makeup she applied to turn out so well. I couldn't do it myself. I got a text from her so I got her input. She asked me to come to her and I am glad I did. I know it's just a date within the palace but I wanted to look my best as I know that Bernardo put a lot into our small date night. He had a lot going on yet he still made time for us to have a little fun that wasn't in our bedroom. Don't get me wrong, I love all the fun we have been having in our bedroom and don't mind that we never get to go out on dates or do things that other couples do. I am grateful for what we have but at the same time. I am open to all the things we could do too. That's why I gladly accepted when he asked me out on the date.I found out from Sophie when I called her to get her input on the dress that I had picked out that my mate employed both
Harlyn "Hey, baby." He greeted me when he saw me watching him. Goddess, he looked so good. I mean, I know already that my mate is a gorgeous man, I just didn't expect to be hit by his beauty when I opened the door and the way he was smiling at me. "You lucky bitch," My wolf chirped in. I mentally rolled my eyes and smiled. I wasn't the only lucky one here, she was lucky too. The moon goddess picked the most beautiful man in the whole world as our mate. "Why are you just standing there and looking at me as if you haven't seen me before? Come here, my love. I want to hug you." Bernardo called out for me and I didn't wait to be told twice, I walked the same distance and went into his open arms. "I am just amazed at how beautiful you are. How can such a gorgeous man be mine?" I let out and smiled when he laughed out loud. Even his laugh was beautiful and addicting. Okay, maybe I am just too in love with him and that’s why everything he does makes me giggly inside. “I am glad th
Harlyn“Let’s go make sure that her efforts weren’t wasted.’’ I told Bernardo who smiled and kissed me one more time before leading me out of our room. I expected us to just walk to wherever it was that we were going within the palace but I was wrong because Bernardo led me to a waiting limo.“We are taking a car?” I asked him. He looked at me, smiled, and nodded before ushering me into the waiting vehicle. After which he got in too and the car pulled out of the place immediately.“We can’t have the king and queen walking all dressed up, can we?” I smiled and nodded in agreement. He pulled me close to himself even though there was a lot of space in the car.Am I complaining? Not at all. I like being in his arms. It was my favorite place of all time. The ride didn’t take more than five minutes and we could have easily walked but like he said. Can’t have the king and queen walking all dressed up. “We are here.” He said and got out of the car, he reached for me and I got out too. I
Harlyn“You broke him.” My wolf whispered when a hot minute passed and Bernardo still looked too stunned to say anything. Maybe I should have said other things. An orgy party was a bit too much but he asked for the truth and to be honest, there were so many stances when I thought he was indeed holding orgy parties.I didn’t know him then and thought it was something he could do based on the kind of things I had my coworkers gossip about. They made it seem like he had different women every night and the gossip where juicy. Even though I never contributed to any of them.“Babe?” I whispered when he still didn’t say anything.“Did you really believe that I had orgy parties? For real? Do I look like the kind of man who has orgy parties? I mean, yes, I did have other partners but never once did I think of holding a sex party. Do you even know that orgy parties are sex parties?” I started laughing because did he really think I was some innocent virgin before I met him? Okay, I was a vir
Bernardo“Beautiful. So beautiful.” My wolf moaned inside, I was so tempted to roll my eyes but I knew very well that he wasn’t lying. He has been going at it since Harlyn opened the door and walked into our room earlier. It wasn’t just me who was in love with Harlyn. My wolf was hopelessly in love with her too I understand him being so smitten by her because I was too. I couldn’t stop looking at her as she sat opposite me, eating the steak that her brother had cooked himself. I was surprised when Sophie sent a video of him doing the cooking.I didn’t expect them to go that far with my request and they did better than I expected. From the decoration to the food. A really good team and now, I feel at peace knowing that my little sister found the perfect mate and I am also glad that I listened to my mate that day.If I had not listened to her, I would have killed not only Sophie’s mate but her brother too. I let out a sigh of relief and smiled when my mate did. Fuck, it would have ki
Bernardo“I don’t want to bore you to death with my long talks so what I am trying to say i---“ I caught her off by leaning and planting a kiss on her lips. She could talk all day and I would never be bored. Never.“What was that for? Did you want to shut me up so fast?” I kissed her again, this time, deeper and a little longer than the first time. I kissed her enough for her to breathe heavily when we broke apart.“I wasn’t trying to shut you up, baby. I was just trying to make you stop talking about me getting bored. I will never be bored when it comes to you. You can talk to me all day and all night long and I will listen.” I told her. She smiled, her whole face lighting up. She lifted our joined hands to her lips and kissed mine, then rested her cheeks on it.“So, will you listen to me now and not act all sorry and sad when we talk about our beginning? I think we have a really thrilling love story.” She beamed.“Is it because I am the villain in the story?” I asked her. She g
Harlyn “This is one of the best nights of my life.” I whispered to Bernardo. We were locked in each other’s arms, dancing slowly to the music playing in the background. I don’t know who chose the music between Sophie and Harry but they sure know the best songs to set the mood. “Every night with you is the best night of my life, Lyn.” I smiled. “You haven’t called me that in a while.” I told him. He eased out of the hug enough to look at me. “You like Lyn?” I nodded. “Then I will call you that most often. The sky is beautiful right now, want to watch with me?” He asked me. I nodded and he led me out of the place where we had dinner. I expected us to just sit outside and watch the stars but that’s not what happened. We walked a few minutes more, turned a corner and I saw it. “A telescope? Wow,” I let out and let go of him. I have seen a lot in books but not once in real life. Must be nice to be able to see the stars up close. He laughed and walked behind. “Yes, that’
Bernardo “That bitch.” He growled. I knew he was referring to Helaine. “You mean Helaine?” “No, Harlyn! She has been hiding her real self. Did you know?” His words came out in a rush. As if he was trying to speak before he lost all his strength again. “Oh, you still don’t know that you got the wrong twin? That wasn’t the Luna. That’s her twin.” I informed her. Even the delta us looked shocked at what I said. Not a lot of people knew about the other Zeta Ross’s kids. Not for long, once everything is sorted out, I will make an announcement that involves honoring the late Zeta again. After the announcement tonight, the next announcement and the others that will follow will only be about positive things, like the mating ritual and coronation ceremony. Also, the birth of a new royal baby. I actually look forward to that a lot. I look forward to holding my child in my hands. The future ruler of the Crimson Moon. That’s if he or she wants to be. I have made a promise to myself
Bernardo “Why did they stop?” I let out when I saw that the vehicle ahead of us which was carrying Theo suddenly stopped. It didn’t take long for my question to be answered. I saw him trying to get out of the back of the van that was carrying him. The deltas holding him in place were having a hard time even though the fucker was in chains. At first, I feared that the shift might be happening already but then I pushed the fear aside, even if it did happen, he was still greatly outnumbered. Our car stopped and all three of us were out of the car as soon as we did. We raced to the van and blocked him before he got out. “Let me go! Fucking let me go!” He yelled, pushing hard and trying to be free. I don’t even know how he thought it would work for him. He was still in chains and still looked very weak. Even shouting and fighting to break free was taking most of his strength already. There was no reason for us to even do a lot of work. The deltas held him back in place and he ei
Bernardo“I found him!” Hillan called out from one of the rooms in the location that Helaine had told us. I ran towards the room and so did Damien and beta Ryan. We arrived at the same time and saw the pathetic state that Theo was in. He was still out of it.“She tied him up really well.” Damien commented while inspecting Theo. I could see that. I smiled proudly. Helaine deserved a lot of accolades. Not only did she outsmart him, but she got him in a state that only a strong woman like her could. For someone with a delicate feature, she sure had a lot of stamina.The Ross triplet really came with everything. One was the reason I found out what has been going on in my pack for decades and she has the special touch. Another became one of the vampires I could trust with my life. Also, is the reason my baby sister has been smiling a lot these days and the last one is a warrior.I didn’t just get a mate, I got two extra family members.“He is not dead but he may as well be.” Hillan let
Harlyn“I am sure whatever happens, the alpha king will handle it. I actually thought I would be in trouble for biting him. It's my first time. I didn’t expect it to be so effective. I actually didn’t let go until he slumped to the ground.” Helaine chatted on. The car drove at a speed that would have been considered illegal at any other time but not tonight.“How do you feel?” I asked her. There was a moment of silence before she spoke again. “Actually, I feel really good. I haven’t fed at all. I was raised to not feed but I think that ended today. It feels weird but kind of in a good way. I don’t know what will happen going forward but I do hope I can continue working.” I know what she was talking about. She’s a doctor who sees blood all the time. It might be an issue for her going forward. I hope not. I really want her to continue working. “Laine, I am so sorry.” I apologized to her. It was all my fault that she got into a situation that made her break a streak that she had ha
Harlyn “What is it?” I asked Bernardo. Whatever it is, I needed to know. I need to know even if it was bad. Bernardo didn’t answer me, instead, he turned away and started talking to the person on the other end of the phone. The way he was talking made it seem as if he was talking to Helaine but I didn’t want to get my hopes up. “Helaine, we are coming to get you. Just stay put, okay? I will end this call and call you back. Please pick up and make sure to stay on the line. Tell the person there that I will pay for the time.” My heart skipped multiple beats at his words. If Harry wasn’t holding me, I might have collapsed to the ground. Even Harry seemed shaken. The talk with her seemed to go on forever. Bernardo barely said any words so I couldn’t even make out what they were talking about. I wanted to tell him to put the call on loud-speaker but I didn’t want to distract him so I just stood there and waited. “Was that really Helaine on the phone?” I asked as soon as Bernardo
Harlyn “How much longer will it take to track her down?” I questioned impatiently. I have been asking the same question over and over again since Bernardo and the others got back and they have only given me one answer which has been repeated more times than I could count. It hasn’t changed and it has been over eight hours since they got back. My sister has been gone for ten hours now. Ten hours was a long time ago and I don’t know what and where they took her. I thought Bernardo and the others would go after her once they arrived but that’s not what they did. Bernardo told me that they would find her. He said that all borders have been closed but that hasn’t stopped them before. The day Theo got away from the kingdom, the border was supposed to be closed but he still managed to get away. He wasn’t supposed to be able to get back into the kingdom so easily not to talk of the palace but he did so I couldn’t trust the people Bernardo said were in charge of securing the borders. The
Helaine “Who the fuck are you and what do you want from me?” I yelled at him and tried to free myself again. I stared down at the rope that was used to tie me and realized that there was no way I could free myself if he didn’t free me. The fucker! He fucking used dyneema ropes. I know because I have seen it a lot in the numerous military movies I have watched. “Darling, stop pretending like you don’t know me.” I glared at him. He looked faded. He looked unkempt. Maybe he was hungry and needed money, that's why he took me. “What do you want? Money? I can give you a lot of money.” I tried. In movies, kidnappers always want money. “I don’t need your money! Stop playing smart with me. You are mine now.” “Huh? Yours? I don’t even know you! What the fuck do you want from me?” I fired at him. If he doesn’t want money then what could he possibly want? “Harlyn! Darling, I know it’s hard for you to process what happened but you are with me now and you shall remain with me for as
Helaine “What the fuck?” I let out as I got hit with the worst headache I have experienced in a long time. I knew almost immediately that something wasn’t right. I blinked and tried to adjust to the darkness. For a moment nothing made sense. Then, it all started coming back to me. I tried to stretch but realized that my hands were tied. That helped to connect all the dots. I was captured by someone from the palace. One moment, I was on my way back from my room where I went to get the presence that I got for my sister and the next I was being carried away in a car. That’s all I remembered. I don’t know how I got in the car but I remembered waking up and seeing a very upset man yelling at someone on the phone. He turned to me, flashed the weirdest and creepiest smile at me, and snapped his finger. I could barely make out what he was saying to the person on the phone but I could tell that he was pissed at whoever it was. I tried to free myself, I tried to stay awake but I couldn’t.
Bernardo “That was easier than I predicted.” I let out on the drive back to the palace after spending hours giving out orders and making a list of intruders in my kingdom that I hadn’t been aware of. Funny how they all gave in without a fight. I expected them to fight back or try to escape but it went the opposite way which was okay by me. I might have the strength but that doesn’t mean I want to fight all the time. They were all leaving my kingdom tonight. Not one of them will be left. I already warned them that if they ever tried to come back, it would be death on arrival. A total of one hundred and thirty intruders. Seventy of them were bears and the others were made up of different breeds. I don’t know how Sean was able to gather that much and hide them away in the pack without being noticed. Who was I fooling? I knew how. I just hated how much freedom he had to do those things and get away with them for years. “It looked easy to you because you didn’t have to beat those